How to slash employee disengagement

Employee engagement is the primary focus for many HR professionals and, according to one new survey, there’s a way to get every worker in the zone – well, almost – a measly 1% might just slip through the net.

After surveying a random sample of over 1,000 employees, research company Gallup found that when workers feel supervisors are focusing on their strengths, they’re remarkably less likely to be actively disengaged at work.

Just one% of employees with strength-orientated managers admitted to being actively disengaged and 61% said they were engaged.

In comparison, employees who felt their supervisor focused primarily on their weaknesses were far more likely to be unmotivated – 22% admitted they were actively disengaged and 45% said they were engaged.

However, it seems sitting on the fence is the worst management tactic to make – an alarming 40% of employees who said their leader didn’t focus strengths or weaknesses revealed they were actively disengaged. Just 2% said they were engaged.